Q: Who was the first Governor-General of India?
A: Warren Hastings (1773–1785).
Q: Which Act established the position of Governor-General of India?
A: Regulating Act of 1773.
Q: Who introduced the Judicial Reforms and established the Supreme Court at Calcutta?
A: Warren Hastings.
Q: Who faced impeachment in England after his tenure as Governor-General?
A: Warren Hastings.
Q: Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?
A: Lord Cornwallis (1786–1793).
Q: Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance system?
A: Lord Wellesley (1798–1805)
Q: The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799) occurred under which Governor-General?
A: Lord Wellesley
Q: First Anglo-Nepal War (1814–1816) happened under which Governor-General?
A: Lord Hastings
Q: Who abolished the practice of Sati in 1829?
A: Lord William Bentinck
Q: English became the medium of instruction in India due to whose reforms?
A: Lord William Bentinck (Macaulay’s Minute, 1835)
Q: Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by whom?
A: Lord Dalhousie (1848–1856)
Q: Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) took place under which Governor-General?
A: Lord Dalhousie
Q: Which major public works were introduced by Lord Dalhousie?
A: Railways, Telegraph, Postal System.
Q: Which Governor-General passed the Widow Remarriage Act (1856)?
A: Lord Dalhousie
Q: Who was the Governor-General during the Revolt of 1857?
A: Lord Canning
Q: Who was the first Viceroy of India?
A: Lord Canning
Q: Which reform introduced universities in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras in 1857?
A: Indian Universities Act under Lord Canning
Q: Who introduced the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in 1860?
A: Lord Canning
Q: Who established the first High Courts in Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras (1862)?
A: Lord Canning
Q: Which Viceroy was assassinated in the Andamans?
A: Lord Mayo (1872)
Q: Who started the Statistical Survey of India?
A: Lord Mayo
Q: Who established the Department of Agriculture and Commerce?
A: Lord Mayo
Q: Which famine occurred during Lord Lytton’s tenure?
A: Great Famine of 1876–78
Q: Who introduced the Vernacular Press Act (1878)?
A: Lord Lytton
Q: First Delhi Durbar was held under which Viceroy?
A: Lord Lytton (1877)
Q: Which Viceroy repealed the Vernacular Press Act?
A: Lord Ripon (1880–1884)
Q: Who introduced Local Self-Government in India?
A: Lord Ripon
Q: Who is known as the "Father of Local Self-Government in India"?
A: Lord Ripon
Q: Who was Viceroy during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880)?
A: Lord Lytton
Q: Who introduced the Factory Act of 1881?
A: Lord Ripon
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the Indian Councils Act of 1892?
A: Lord Lansdowne
Q: Partition of Bengal (1905) took place under which Viceroy?
A: Lord Curzon
Q: Which Viceroy was responsible for creating the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?
A: Lord Curzon
Q: Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909 occurred under which Viceroy?
A: Lord Minto II
Q: Which Viceroy shifted the capital from Calcutta to Delhi?
A: Lord Hardinge II (1911)
Q: Which Viceroy was in office during the Delhi Durbar of 1911?
A: Lord Hardinge I
Q: Who introduced the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919)?
A: Lord Chelmsford
Q: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred under which Viceroy?
A: Lord Chelmsford (1919)
Q: The Rowlatt Act was passed under which Viceroy?
A: Lord Chelmsford
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the Simon Commission?
A: Lord Irwin (1927).
Q: Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed during which Viceroy’s tenure?
A: Lord Irwin (1931)
Q: Who hosted the First Round Table Conference in London (1930)?
A: Lord Irwin
Q: Who introduced the Government of India Act, 1935?
A: Lord Willingdon
Q: Quit India Movement (1942) took place under which Viceroy?
A: Lord Linlithgow
Q: Which Viceroy oversaw the Cripps Mission (1942)?
A: Lord Linlithgow
Q: Cabinet Mission Plan came during which Viceroy’s tenure?
A: Lord Wavell (1946)
Q: Who was the last British Viceroy of India?
A: Lord Mountbatten
Q: Who oversaw the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan?
A: Lord Mountbatten (1947)
Q: Which Viceroy announced the Indian Independence Act of 1947?
A: Lord Mountbatten.
Q: Which Viceroy introduced railways and telegraph in India?
A: Lord Dalhousie
Q: Which Viceroy started the Public Works Department (PWD)?
A: Lord Dalhousie
Q: Who introduced the first census in India?
A: Lord Mayo (1872)
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the first budget in India?
A: James Wilson under Lord Canning
Q: Which Viceroy passed the Arms Act of 1878?
A: Lord Lytton
Q: Who repealed the Partition of Bengal?
A: Lord Hardinge II (1911)
Q: Which Viceroy was in office during the Champaran Satyagraha (1917)?
A: Lord Chelmsford
Q: Which Viceroy was in office during the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)?
A: Lord Irwin
Q: Who was Viceroy during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
A: Lord Irwin
Q: Who introduced communal electorates for Muslims?
A: Lord Minto II (1909)
Q: Who created the Indian Police Service (IPS)?
A: Lord Cornwallis
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the system of ICS (Indian Civil Service)?
A: Lord Cornwallis
Q: Who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
A: William Jones under Warren Hastings
Q: Which Viceroy introduced compulsory primary education in India?
A: Lord Ripon
Q: Who introduced the Indian Famine Codes?
A: Lord Lytton
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the Universities Act of 1904?
A: Lord Curzon
Q: Who introduced the Indian Forest Service?
A: Lord Dalhousie
Q: Which Viceroy presided over the Poona Pact (1932)?
A: Lord Willingdon
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the August Offer (1940)?
A: Lord Linlithgow
Q: Who introduced the "Drain of Wealth" theory critique?
A: Dadabhai Naoroji during Lord Lytton's tenure
Q: Which Viceroy introduced separate electorates for Dalits?
A: Lord Willingdon (Communal Award, 1932)
Q: Who was Viceroy during the Naval Mutiny of 1946?
A: Lord Wavell
Q: Who declared the transfer of power to Indians by June 1948?
A: Lord Mountbatten
Q: Which Viceroy launched the "August Offer"?
A: Lord Linlithgow
Q: Which Viceroy was in power during the INA Trials?
A: Lord Wavell
Q: Who was the Viceroy during the Bengal famine of 1943?
A: Lord Linlithgow
Q: Who inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India in 1935?
A: Lord Willingdon
Q: Which Viceroy started the First Five-Year Plan framework preparation?
A: Lord Mountbatten (initial groundwork)
Q: Who passed the Charter Act of 1813?
A: Lord Hastings
Q: Who passed the Charter Act of 1833?
A: Lord William Bentinck
Q: Which act centralized administration in India?
A: Charter Act of 1833
Q: Which Viceroy introduced Indian Penal Code?
A: Lord Canning
Q: Who abolished the dual government in Bengal?
A: Warren Hastings
Q: Which Viceroy was responsible for setting up the Hunter Commission?
A: Lord Ripon
Q: Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?
A: During Lord Dufferin’s tenure
Q: Which Viceroy introduced separate electorates for Sikhs?
A: Lord Minto II
Q: Who was Viceroy during the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)?
A: Lord Chelmsford
Q: Which Viceroy resigned due to the failure of the Round Table Conferences?
A: Lord Irwin
Q: Which Viceroy introduced the Diarchy system in India?
A: Lord Chelmsford (Government of India Act, 1919)
Q: Who was the Viceroy during the Simon Commission protests?
A: Lord Irwin
Q: Which Viceroy introduced compulsory salt tax reforms?
A: Lord Irwin (Salt March context)
Q: Who presided over the independence of India ceremony on August 15, 1947?
A: Lord Mountbatten
Q: Who was the last British Governor-General of free India?
A: Lord Mountbatten (till June 1948)